Thank you so much for coming in on this! I knew I could count on you. You are one of the few people who has a grasp for this kind of sword esoterica, and indeed we have discussed this before. As was indicated back then, it was an unusual item then...and I do believe it was for both court and military funerals.
While a macabre aspect of the swords spectrum, so are mourning swords, which is why I included those in the heading.
I know I have the reference I was told sourced this, but it is yet somewhere in the mountains of notes I am going through.
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